2015 AMC 10A

Problem 1
What is the value of

Problem 2
A box contains a collection of triangular and square tiles. There are 25 tiles in the
box, containing 84 edges total. How many square tiles are there in the box?

Problem 3
Ann made a 3-step staircase using 18 toothpicks as shown in the figure. How many
toothpicks does she need to add to complete a 5-step staircase?

Problem 4
Pablo, Sofia, and Mia got some candy eggs at a party. Pablo had three times as
many eggs as Sofia, and Sofia had twice as many eggs as Mia. Pablo decides to give
some of his eggs to Sofia and Mia so that all three will have the same number of
eggs. What fraction of his eggs should Pablo give to Sofia?

Problem 5

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Mr. Patrick teaches math to 15 students. He was grading tests and found that when
he graded everyone's test except Payton's, the average grade for the class was 80.
After he graded Payton's test, the test average became 81. What was Payton's score
on the test?

Problem 6
The sum of two positive numbers is 5 times their difference. What is the ratio of the
larger number to the smaller number?

Problem 7
How many terms are there in the arithmetic sequence 13, 16, 19, , 70, 73?

Problem 8
Two years ago Pete was three times as old as his cousin Claire. Two years before
that, Pete was four times as old as Claire. In how many years will the ratio of their
ages be : ?

Problem 9
Two right circular cylinders have the same volume. The radius of the second cylinder
is 10% more than the radius of the first. What is the relationship between the heights
of the two cylinders?

Problem 10

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How many rearrangements of abcd are there in which no two adjacent letters are also
adjacent letters in the alphabet? For example, no such rearrangements could include
either ab or ba.

Problem 11
The ratio of the length to the width of a rectangle is 4:3. If the rectangle has diagonal
of length d, then the area may be expressed as kd2 for some constant k. What is k?

Problem 12
Claudia has 12 coins, each of which is a 5-cent coin or a 10-cent coin. There are
exactly 17 different values that can be obtained as combinations of one or more of
her coins. How many 10-cent coins does Claudia have?

Problem 13
The zeroes of the function

are integers. What is the sum of

the possible values of ?

Problem 14
A straight one-mile stretch of highway, 40 feet wide, is closed. Robert rides his bike
on a path composed of semicircles as shown. If he rides at 5 miles per hour, how
many hours will it take to cover the one-mile stretch?
Note: 1 mile= 5280 feet

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1. C
2. D
3. D
4. B
5. E
6. B
7. B
8. B
9. D
10. C
11. C
13. C
23. C
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